TELFORD, Pa.--May 23, 2002--Environmental
Solutions Worldwide Inc. (ESW) (OTCBB:ESWW), is pleased to announce
today that ESW was successful in achieving OEM status for the Clean
Cat(R) diesel catalytic converter as the standard Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) emissions control device for the "Engine
Replacement Program" of the Natural Resources and Development Corp. in
the Philippines.
The Natural Resources and Development Corp. is the corporate arm
of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Philippine
government's environmental agency.
Through approximately 18 months of comprehensive testing and
evaluation by a third party, ESW's Clean Cat diesel catalytic
converter consistently demonstrated its ability to reduce harmful
diesel engine emissions including hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide
(CO) and carbon particulate matter (PM-10).
The Philippine Engine Replacement Program has been formally
launched and is scheduled to commence immediately. It will encompass
all currently registered vehicles that are qualified for
participation. ESW's Clean Cat diesel catalytic converter is now
qualified to be installed as the OEM emissions reduction component
with all engine replacements.(a)
The performance of the Clean Cat converter was documented
utilizing over-the-road driving conditions by testing various types of
diesel engine-powered vehicles using diesel fuel with very high
sulphur content (2,000-parts per million or PPM). The current diesel
pump fuel used in North America by comparison only contains on average
of approximately 350-PPM sulphur.
The company's unique proprietary substrate technology clearly
demonstrated its advantages over the long-term use of conventional,
honeycomb, flow-through ceramic diesel oxidation substrates under
these conditions.
"We are pleased to see the acceptance of our Clean Cat diesel
catalytic converter in the Philippines after such a long and thorough
testing process by a third party," said Bengt Odner, chairman of ESW.
"The benefit to ESW is that we have already received a request for
a pro-forma invoice to provide our product to this program. This is
just one of many test and evaluation programs we are currently
involved with in several countries. It is very exciting to see our
proprietary diesel catalytic products performing so well while being
tested side-by-side with conventional ceramic-based diesel catalytic
products."

About Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc.

With headquarters in Telford, Environmental Solutions Worldwide is
a publicly traded research and development company engaged in the
design, development, manufacture and sale of environmental
technologies currently focused on the international automotive and
transportation industries. ESW manufactures and markets a line of
catalytic emission control products and catalytic conversion
technologies for a multitude of applications.

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